A State High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Ifa Ikot Ubo–Ifa Ikot Okpon branch, Emmanuel Umoh, to death by hanging for the murder of his landlord, Gabriel Edward.
Mr Edward, 23, was a final-year civil engineering student of the University of Uyo. Results released after his death showed he graduated with a first-class degree.
Justice Gabriel Ette delivered the judgement on Thursday after finding Mr Umoh guilty of stabbing the young student to death on 21 December 2020 at Ifa Ikot Ubo, Uyo.
